Nu à la toilette
1910 - 1914
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
247; 321; 95; 140
About this artwork
lithografie
Art Historical Context
Pierre Bonnard’s *Nu à la toilette* (1910–1914) captures one of the artist’s favorite subjects: an intimate moment of a woman at her toilette. Created during his mature years, after the dissolution of the Nabis group the small lithograph reflects Bonnard’s lifelong fascination with everyday domestic scenes rendered in a soft, luminous style. Though trained as a painter, Bonnard was also a gifted printmaker who embraced lithography for its ability to translate the spontaneity of drawing into multiple impressions. Measuring just 140 × 95 mm, this modest-sized print demonstrates how Bonnard used...
About the Artist
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) was a French painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Post-Impressionist movement and a founding member of Les Nabis. Born on October 3, 1867, in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, Bonnard initially studied law at his father's insistence, graduating and briefly practicing as a barrister in 1888. However, his true passion lay in art, and he had simultaneously at...